linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] virtio: don't prompt CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI

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Date:   Fri, 19 Feb 2021 10:13:21 +0000
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
Cc:     mst@...hat.com, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@...aro.org>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio: don't prompt CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI_MODERN

On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 03:45:09AM -0500, Jason Wang wrote:
> We used to prompt CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI_MODERN to user which may bring a
> lot of confusion. E.g it may break various default configs which want
> virtio devices.
> 
> So this patch fixes this by hide the prompot and document the
> dependency.

Is there any good reason to keep the symbol at all?